Fox News host Tucker Carlson continues to receive backlash over his comments regarding immigrants, which many called racist and xenophobic. This time the pushback came in the form of a guest on Carlson’s own show, Tucker Carlson Tonight.

Retired Harvard Law professor Alan Dershowitz appeared on Carlson’s show to discuss the legal implications for retired General Mike Flynn. But before that commentary began, Dershowitz stated he needed to say something to Carlson.

Dershowitz said:

“I hate boycotts and attempts to censor free speech. I’m in favor of complete dialogue, but as such, I feel compelled to tell you that I, with due respect, disagree with the way you categorize mass immigration. That’s all. I just want to say that.”

“I wish you hadn’t used that language. Language like that was used to describe my grandparents and great-grandparents and probably some of yours. So let’s move on.”

But Carlson responded, once again trying to backtrack from his own comments, and shift blame to the “American Left”:

“Well, actually, just in point of fact since you brought it up, as noted on Monday, that was in the context of a conversation with an elected official in Tijuana about the filth of his city, and he was complaining about how dirty it had become, which was a byproduct of the policy decisions pushed by the American Left.”

“I would never describe people as inherently dirty. I don’t think that they are.”

Tucker Carlson coming close to a mea culpa on his “dirtier” comment on tonight’s show: “I would never describe people as ‘dirty.’ I don’t think they are.
I think it was clear.” But, he added, “I’m not afraid to defend how I think.”